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raise
(r/eI/z )

noun (n)

verb (v)

  • raise the level or amount of something(verb.change)
    Example:
    Raise my salary.
    Raise the price of bread.
    source: wordnet30
  • raise from a lower to a higher position(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Raise your hands.
    Synonym:
    bring up, elevate, get up, lift
    Antonym:
    bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to be heard or known; express or utter(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Raise a shout.
    Raise a protest.
    Raise a sad cry.
    source: wordnet30
  • collect funds for a specific purpose(verb.possession)
    Example:
    The President raised several million dollars for his college.
    source: wordnet30
  • cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques(verb.creation)
    Example:
    We raise hogs here.
    Synonym:
    farm, grow, produce
    source: wordnet30
  • bring up(verb.social)
    Example:
    Raise a family.
    Synonym:
    bring up, nurture, parent, rear
    source: wordnet30
  • summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Raise the specter of unemployment.
    Synonym:
    arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, stir
    source: wordnet30
  • move upwards(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    lift
    source: wordnet30
  • construct, build, or erect(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Raise a barn.
    Synonym:
    erect, put up, rear, set up
    Antonym:
    dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
    source: wordnet30
  • call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    Raise a smile.
    Synonym:
    arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke
    source: wordnet30
  • create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Raise hell.
    Raise the roof.
    Raise Cain.
    source: wordnet30
  • raise in rank or condition(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    elevate, lift
    source: wordnet30
  • increase(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    boost, enhance, heighten, hike, hike up
    source: wordnet30
  • give a promotion to or assign to a higher position(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade
    Antonym:
    break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to puff up with a leaven(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    leaven, prove
    source: wordnet30
  • bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level(verb.competition)
    source: wordnet30
  • bet more than the previous player(verb.competition)
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to assemble or enlist in the military(verb.competition)
    Example:
    Raise an army.
    Synonym:
    levy, recruit
    source: wordnet30
  • put forward for consideration or discussion(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Raise the question of promotions.
    Synonym:
    bring up
    source: wordnet30
  • pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Raise your `o'.
    source: wordnet30
  • activate or stir up(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Raise a mutiny.
    source: wordnet30
  • establish radio communications with(verb.communication)
    Example:
    They managed to raise Hanoi last night.
    source: wordnet30
  • multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project(verb.change)
    Example:
    Raised edges.
    source: wordnet30
  • invigorate or heighten(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • put an end to(verb.change)
    Example:
    Raise a siege.
    Synonym:
    end, lift
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to become alive again(verb.body)
    Example:
    Raise from the dead.
    Synonym:
    resurrect, upraise
    source: wordnet30
  • To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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